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George W. Bush, Thomas Jefferson, and religion

July 8, 2008 - 12:40 pm - by Roger Kimball
Larry Fafarman
2008-07-15 13:48:51

Jon Rowe said,
–”My friend Ed Brayton and I know the historical record on Jefferson & religion from the inside out (neither of us, for instance, term Jefferson a “Deist” which he was not). “–

Jefferson is considered to be a stereotypical deist. If Jefferson was not a deist, then no Founder was a deist.